Consulting firm Rea & Associates celebrates 75 years

NEW PHILADELPHIA Rea & Associates, a regional accounting and business consulting firm, is celebrating 75 years of delivering service to its clients, representing a wide-range of industries.

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By Rea & Associates

Posted Nov. 18, 2013 at 11:28 AM

By Rea & Associates
Posted Nov. 18, 2013 at 11:28 AM

NEW PHILADELPHIA Rea & Associates, a regional accounting and business consulting firm, is celebrating 75 years of delivering service to its clients, representing a wide-range of industries.

Founded in 1938, the firm was started by Richard C. Rea after the Great Depression, when he realized there was a great need for accounting and financial services.

"It's a great honor to be celebrating 75 years in business," CEO Lee Beall stated in a press release. "To think back to where our firm has been and where we're headed is such a point of pride for the entire firm."

Rea celebrated the milestone Oct. 23 at an anniversary dinner with the firm's more than 200 employees from its 11 offices in Ohio. The firm is headquartered in New Philadelphia and also has offices in Cambridge, Cleveland (Mentor), Columbus (Dublin), Coshocton, Lima, Marietta, Medina, Millersburg, Wooster and Zanesville.

"I'm proud of our rich history and our employees that dedicate themselves every day to delivering quality service to our clients," Beall said. "This has been a great opportunity to celebrate our past, but also look to our future."

The firm, which has grown to one of the 100 largest firms of its kind in the United States, has a new vision statement that focuses on its clients, its employees, its services and its values.

"The Rea Way" states that "Rea will be the premier accounting, investment and business advisory firm in our markets. We will build trusted business relationships with our clients by providing proactive solutions that increase their wealth, value and effectiveness. We will be the employer of choice for business-minded individuals that seek rewarding experiences. We will remain true to the principles of our founder, living The Rea Way as a unified firm."

Beall said, "It's important for any business to rely on its past, but it needs to be focused on the future, too. This new vision serves to inspire our employees and sets the tone for our future. I'm excited to see what the next 75 years hold."